Proto-Norse

Speech parts

1. Proto-Norse - Noun

2. Proto-Norse - Proper noun

Meaning

the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Old Scandinavian ancient nordic primitive norse proto-nordic proto-north germanic proto-scandinavian

Hypernyms

germanic Germanic language

Examples

As Proto-Norse evolved into Old Norse, in the 8th century, the effects of the umlauts seem to have been very much the same over the whole Old Norse area. Source: Internet

Old West Norse was also characterized by the preservation of u-umlaut, which meant that for example Proto-Norse *tanþu "tooth" was pronounced tǫnn and not tann as in post-runic Old East Norse; OWN gǫs and runic OEN gǫs, while post-runic OEN gás "goose". Source: Internet

Proto-Norse eril, or the later Old Norse jarl, came to signify the rank of a leader. Source: Internet

Sturtevant says that the Old Norse proper name Tunne (derived from Proto-Norse *Tunþē) refers to "a person who is characterized as having some peculiar sort of tooth" and theorizes a Proto-Germanic form of -toskr. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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